Jeremy Lin says Knicks fans are wrong to boo Nets' Kris Humphries

There's one thing that Knicks fans and Jeremy Lin may disagree about. Lin has become an instant fan favorite with his unbelievable play that has spurred the Knicks to eight wins in 10 games.

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NEW YORK -- There's one thing that Knicks fans and Jeremy Lin may disagree about.

Lin has become an instant fan favorite with his unbelievable play that has spurred the Knicks to eight wins in 10 games. But the point guard thinks his adoring supporters, and crowds around the league, are a little Linsane for booing Nets forward Kris Humphries, the New York Post reported.

The Garden crowd jeered Humphries consistently throughout the Nets' 100-92 win over the Knicks on Monday night. After the game, Humphries said he ran into Lin in the tunnel outside the locker room.

"He's a really nice guy," Humphries said of Lin on ESPN Radio. "He just said, 'Hey, I don't know why they boo you, but I think it's crap. You are playing really well, and stuff.

"That was nice of him to say. He's a really nice guy, competitor. It's nice to see great things happen for nice people."

Knicks fans are not alone in their distaste for Humphries, who has been heckled throughout the season after his relationship and marriage to Kim Kardashian became tabloid news and was featured on her reality show -- a marriage that is nearing an end, as she filed for divorce on Halloween.

And Humphries is putting on a brave face.

"I love a hostile environment," he said. "There's nothing better than sending 19,000 people home upset from The Garden."

Meanwhile, former Phoenix Suns general manager Steve Kerr said Tuesday the comparisons being made between Lin and two-time league MVP Steve Nash were unfair, the Post reported.

Kerr took over as Suns GM in 2007, one year before Mike D'Antoni left Phoenix to coach the Knicks. In his fourth year in the Big Apple, D'Antoni has finally found a point guard that is running his fast-paced offense with the same aptitude Nash did under him at the Suns.

But Kerr said there was an important distinction: Lin has been doing it for 10 games, and Nash has been doing it for 10 years.

"The comparison is unfair to both guys really," said Kerr, who left the Suns in 2010 and now works as an analyst for TNT.

"Nash has been doing this forever. Where the analogy makes sense is that the system has benefited both guys. Nash, obviously, was the perfect fit in Phoenix. And Lin has been the perfect fit now for New York, and the circumstances really call for him to dominate the ball, especially when Carmelo [Anthony] and Amar'e [Stoudemire] were out."

Sports Illustrated announced Tuesday that Lin would be on the cover of the magazine for the second week in a row. Nash has featured on the magazine's cover twice in his entire career, according to CNBC.